Hosiery-drying-form machine



June 3, 1930. GUGGENHEM 1,761,296

HOSIERY DRYING FORM MACHINE Filed March 20, 1928 /A/VW7'0/? lwnvass: P GA w 1 an (75:12 6 m Patented June 3, 1930 UNITD SATE$ Mar HCE PAULGUGGENI-IEIM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PHILADEL- PHIAMETAL DRYING FORIv'I COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR-PORATION OF DELAWARE HOSIERY-DRYING-FQRM MACHINE Application filed March20, 1928. Serial No. 263,188.

Hollow steam heated or hot water heated drying forms for the drying ofhosiery are usually mounted, in a vertical or somewhat inclinedposition, on a. pipe, which may be the pipe for supplying the heatingfluid or the pipe for carrying oil the steam condensate or cooled water.It is customary to pivot these forms on the pipe on the longitudinalaxis of the form, so that the operator may turn the form 180 degrees, orthereabouts,

and examine both sides of the stocking before stripping it from theform.

In the drying operation the hands of the operator are fairly steadilyoccupied and it would be an advantage to provide means for reversing theform that require no hand manipulation. It is also desirable, because ofthe highly heated condition of the form, to avoid unnecessary contactwith the heated stocking stretched thereon. It would also beadvantageous to insure that the form should be turned to a definiteposition and returned to a definite position. The object of theinvention is to provide manually controllable means, preferablyfoot-controlled means, to turn the form back and forth on its axis andto definitely position it in both its normal and reversed positions. Inthe drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of the invention:

Fig. l is a front elevationof the form turnably mounted on a pipe andwith my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the form-support, the lower end of theform and the form turning mechanism with the fluid pipes shown insection.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of part of the form turning mechanism. with theform shown in cross-section. I

In the embodiment of the invention shown. the steam or hot water supplypipe a extends through a steam condensate or cooled water draw-off pipe6, on which is mounted a base 0, having an upstanding tubular member (Zin which the lower contracted end orneck e of the form f is turnable.This construction is old and well known and need not be described indetail. Nor is it necessary to show or describe the known means wherebythe interior of the form on one side of the partition 9 communicateswith pipe at and on the other side of the partition with pipe 6. So faras my invention is concerned, the drying form may be entirely hollow ormay have any internal construction and it may be mounted on any supportand any means may be provided for allowing it to turn on itslongitudinal axis.

Secured to the form support ol is an upstanding bracket z'. This bracketcarries a small L-shaped arm is. Turnable on arm is is a small pulley m.Secured to the neck of the form is a large pulley n. A flexibleconnection extends over pulley m and nearly the whole way around pulleyn. The major part of this flexible connection is a chain 0 which extendspart way around pulley m. The remainder of the flexible connectioncomprises a spring p which is secured to arm is. The opposite end of theflexible connection extends down from pulley m under a pulley 1' to oneend of a lever s pivoted between its ends. Conveniently, this lever is afoot treadle and both the treadle and pulley 1" are mounted on the floorof the work shop.

Spring p normally holds wheel a and form f in the position shown in Fig.3, in which one edge of' the form contacts with the bracket 2', whichacts as a stop to prevent its further movement.

This position of the form is that which it may conveniently assumeduring the operation of drawing the stocking onto the form and while thestocking is drying. During, or at the conclusion of, the dryingoperation, the operator depresses treadle s and thereby pulls chain 0,thereby turning wheel n so as to turn the form through an arc of nearly180, its further movement being stopped by the engagement of the formwith bracket 2'. As the chain is pulled the spring, one end of which isfixed, is necessarily elongated. This turning movement of the formbrings the opposite side of the form under observation of the operatorwithout the necessity of the operator touching the form or using herhand to effect the reversal; and, moreover, the form is brought to adefinite position. After inspecting the stocking the operator releasesthe foot pedal and the spring p, being free to contract, returns thechain to its normal position, thereby turning the wheel and the formback to their normal positions.

This invention will doubtless find its most useful application in thedrying of hosiery on hollow metal internally fluid-heated forms, but itis adaptable to the drying of other articles of textile fabric. Thehereindescribed specific embodiment of the invention posscssesadvantages, but the invention is not limited to such specificembodiment.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of manually operable mechanism to turn theform on said axis from a given position, and a spring adapted to returnthe form to said position.

2. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of manually operable mechanism to turn theform on said axis from a given position, and a spring adapted tonormally hold said form in said position and to return it to saidposition after it is so turned and after the manual release of saidmechanism.

3. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of manually operable mechanism to turn theform on said axis from a given position, a spring adapted normally tohold said form in said position and to return it to said position afterit is so turned and after the manual release of said mechanism, andmeans to limit the turning movement of the form in both directions.

4. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried andasupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of a pulley on said form, a bracket securedto the form support, a flexible connection extending around said pulleyand secured at one end to said bracket, and a manually operable lever towhich the other end of the flexible connection is secured and by meansof which the flexible connection may be pulled and the wheel turned.

5. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of a pulley on said form, a bracket securedto the form support, a flexible connection extending around said pulleyand secured at one end to said bracket, and a manually operable lever towhich the other end of the flexible connection is secured and by meansof which the flexible connection may be pulled and the wheel turned, theflexible connection comprising a spring which, when the lever isreleased, is adapted to return the wheel.

6. In a drying apparatus. for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of a pulley on said form, a bracket securedto the form support, a flexible connection extending around said pulleyand secured at one end to said bracket, another pulley on said bracketaround which the flexible connection also extends, and a foot-treadle towhich the other end of said flexible connection is secured.

7 In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of a pulley on said form, a bracket se curedto the form support, a flexible connection extending around said pulleyand secured at one end to said bracket, another pulley on said bracketaround Which the flexible connection also extends, and a foot-treadle towhich the other end of said flexible connection is secured, that end ofthe flexible connection which is secured to said bracket comprising aspring which, when the wheel is so turned, is adapted to be thrown intotension and which, when the foot-treadle is released, is adapted toreturn the wheel.

8. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination witha form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of a pulley on said form, a bracket securedto the form support, a flexible connection extending around said pulleyand secured at one end to said bracket, and a manually operable lever towhich the other end of the flexible connection is secured and by meansof which the flexible connection may be pulled and the wheel turned, theflexible connection comprising a spring which, when the lever isreleased, is adapted to return the wheel, said form in its turningmovement in both directions being adapted to engage said bracket andhave its turning movement arrested.

9. In a drying apparatus for drying articles of textile fabric, thecombination with a form for receiving the article to be dried and asupport on which the form is turnable on an axis extendinglongitudinally of the form, of manually operable mechanism to turn theform on said axis in one direction from a given position, and automaticmeans adapted to return the form in the opposite direction to saidposition.

In testimony of Which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, atPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, on this twenty-fourth day of February, 1928.

PAUL GUGGENHEIM.

